~ Settled back in Jersey, heart still in Ireland….

The Starry Skies of Portelet Bay

Those of you that may have read my A Jersey Midsummer Tale or Tess of Portelet Manor will know my protagonist Tess Picot. Tess would wander the gorsy, lonely Portelet and Noirmont Commons. Now and again she would take the manifold steps down to Portelet Bay. There, on a starry night, she would maybe raise her arms to the heavens and wonder…Fortunately fellow Islander Gary Stringfellow was there to capture the moment; Ile au Guerdain guarding the bay, Janvrin’s Tomb atop.

🙂 It sure is…rad Britt. Even more so when you’re familiar with the area and it’s given a new twist. The front cover of Tess featured the Ile au Guerdain from the opposite side from a cliff top in daylight.

Yes – St Helier is only a few miles away but it’s hardly London or New York 🙂 In fact a lot of the star-gazing folk head off to Sark each summer where it really is ideal from the light pollution point of view.

Hello Sheila and thank you! That picture is timeless isn’t it? Rewinding time the young woman’s clothing would change somewhat, Janvrin’s Tomb would disappear off the Ile, but otherwise it’s identical to what an onlooker might have seen many thousands of years ago.